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CVE-2014-0502 Detail

Description

Double free vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player before 11.7.700.269 and 11.8.x through 12.0.x before 12.0.0.70 on Windows and Mac OS X and before 11.2.202.341 on Linux, Adobe AIR before 4.0.0.1628 on Android, Adobe AIR SDK before 4.0.0.1628, and Adobe AIR SDK & Compiler before 4.0.0.1628 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in February 2014.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/flash-player/apsb14-07.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Broken Link  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00014.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00015.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Mailing List 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-02/msg00017.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Mailing List 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0196.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201405-04.xml Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.alienvault.com/open-threat-exchange/blog/analysis-of-an-attack-exploiting-the-adobe-zero-day-cve-2014-0502/ Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://volatility-labs.blogspot.com/2014/04/building-decoder-for-cve-2014-0502.html Adobe Systems Incorporated, CVE Exploit  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2014-0502 CISA-ADP US Government Resource 

This CVE is in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog

Reference CISA's BOD 22-01 and Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog for further guidance and requirements.

Vulnerability Name Date Added Due Date Required Action
Adobe Flash Player Double Free Vulnerablity 09/17/2024 10/08/2024 The impacted product is end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue utilization of the product.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-415 Double Free cwe source acceptance level NIST   CISA-ADP  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-0502
NVD Published Date:
02/21/2014
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Adobe Systems Incorporated